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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star of December 25 1957 opens with a Bible verse from Romans 12 14 and notes the paper’s established history since 1896. The issue details subscriptions and offices and carries Associated Press news dispatches.
The famed 1897 Sun editorial answers Virginia O Hannon’s question with the timeless claim Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus. It argues belief, love, devotion, and childhood faith give life its beauty and joy, contrasting skepticism with the glow of imagination and generosity.
The narrator claims faith and imagination reveal real wonders beyond the visible world. He declares Santa Claus true for the heart of childhood and argues he will endure forever in the minds of believers and future generations.
A digest of editorials culled from about 40 newspapers received daily. The selection highlights opinion trends and common themes across different papers.
A Michigan State University horticulture professor tests the old saying by enrolling 500 students to eat one apple daily and another 500 to abstain. The three year study will compare outcomes to determine if apples prevent illness or simply boost consumption among students.
Woman watches a football game in heavy rain and asks why they should stay out, hinting at a sly, jokey reader’s digest style moment.
A note from Ciiers Magazine features a dialogue about a clash in wedding plans. One partner insists on a large church wedding while the other prefers ending the engagement. The piece explores differing visions for a shared future.
An anxious father-to-be hears a nurse tell him that his child could become a future president if voters elect a woman. The exchange highlights gendered political potential and the surrounding hospital setting.
The Readers Digest personnel manager tells a female applicant about fringe benefits including two weeks vacation paid up insurance a pension plan and two unmarried vice presidents.
A WSJ style note observes shifting auto styling trends making it hard to identify the make and year of every vehicle. It highlights how owners may misread design cues and the uncertain link between appearance and model data.
Two armed bandits robbed a Richmond electrical appliance shop owner of more than 7500 dollars in a daring daylight holdup. The event involved a bold crime with valuables taken during business hours.
Ten years ago in 1947 two teenage parolees engaged a state highway patrolman in a running gun battle through downtown Columbus Ohio and were reported in critical condition at a hospital.
Local column reflects on community figures from 1932, noting generour acts and civic life. Mentions Ioue Winchester and other residents shaping the town's social fabric during the era.
Wade Hack who had stayed with relatives in Bertonsville returned to Baltimore in a Peerless touring car after a little over seven hours. He was accompanied by his cousin T Van Meter Hack. Miss Frances Peyton Page had just returned from several weeks in New York City. Philip Williams and William C. Marshall Jr. were students at the University of Virginia. Locks homes in Winchester for Christmas.
George Cornell portrays Luke the physician researching the nativity backdrop in Bethlehem. Luke retraces Mary and Joseph’s arduous 100 mile journey from Nazareth, gathering dates from Antioch and Damascus and tracing Caesar Augustus' enrollment decree to the birth setting.
In a column addressing popular medical myths Herman N Bundesen debunks bowleg beliefs teething causes infection and worming myths. He warns against left side heart fears and overreliance on gadgets urging readers to trust doctors and seek medical evaluation for recurring shoulder pain analysis.
A reflective column contrasts Santa Claus with the Christmas Christ. It notes the secular drift of the season toward gifts and festivity while urging remembrance of the Saviour’s birth and “Glory to God” on the first Christmas Eve.
Dr. Crane cautions fathers that material presents cannot substitute for parental time. A Chicago rail commute tale shows four fathers realizing the value of monthly, one-on-one time with their sons over sports gear and flashy gifts, especially before the Scout age of 12.
President Eisenhower confronts criticism and a crowded agenda as he weighs defense spending tax policy and foreign affairs amid inflation unemployment and a looming 1958 election. The Paris trip and his recent stroke add to the complexity of finishing the budget State of the Union and other plans.
Brain teaser quiz based on 19 days of questions with daily scoring. Scores label memory genius very superior excellent or good. page 2 offers corrected answers. Includes questions on geography history and science with a soap box derby query and a Seward era inquiry.
A spiritual exhortation emphasizes the privilege of hearing God and urges believers to repeat in attentive worship. The phrase repeats the idea that listening to God is a sacred duty and a guiding practice for faith.
The article explains a proverb tied to a robber Gilderoy who picked pockets of English seamen. It notes capital punishment by the highest gallows, and claims the term kite meaning pody in Gaelic as an explanation for the expression.
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